Rocks and Soil Review

The diagram shows the grain sizes in 3 types of soils, A, B, and C as viewed under a microscope. What type of soil is B?

• sand

• silt

• humus

• clay

What are the three main types of rocks? Check all that apply.

• Heat

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Pressure

• Sedimentary

What is a similarity between Metamorphic and Igneous rocks?

• They both are formed with extreme heat.

• They both are formed with water.

• They both are formed formed by plants.

Which rock is formed when rock particles are heated while being squeezed together?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

Fire rocks.

• Sedimentary rocks.

• Metamorphic rocks.

• Igneous rocks.

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What type of rock is the middle rock?

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous

• none of these

This type of soil is dark, soft, and very crumbly.

• sand

• silt

• clay

• humus

What type of rock is this

• Igneous because it is shiny

• The rock is sedimentary because it is light in color

• The rock is igneous because it grainy

• The rock is sedimentary because it has remains of animals

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How do sedimentary rocks form?

• Lava or magma cools and hardens

• Sand, mud and pebbles settles into layers and get squeezed together.

• Extreme heat or pressure turn old rocks into new rocks

• Under trampolines

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How are rocks grouped?

• by their name

• by their properties

• by their sounds